006 | Successfully Transitioning from High School to College & COVID Gap Years
The transition from high school to college is already plenty stressful without the extra uncertainty that COVID has thrown into the mix. In today’s podcast episode I got to talk to Joanna Lilley, a treatment placement consultant and therapeutic gap year consultant about all of the topics that are on high school and college students' minds these days. We covered: what to do if you aren't accepted to any colleges (0:42) whether or not you should consider applying undecided (3:21) how to prepare mentally for the transition to independence in college (6:12) how to make friends in college (9:47) practical skills you should prepare yourself with (13:00) what options students have for not going to college right away (16:36) how to explain your gap year decision to others (19:54) the uncertainty of taking a gap year during the pandemic (24:09) To find links to everything we mentioned, and to sign up for weekly podcast shownotes in your inbox, click here. If you’d like to contribute a comment, question, or suggestion, send me an email or audio file/voice note over at [email protected]. ⭑ SUPPORT THE SHOW ⭑ If you’ve found value in the podcast, please consider leaving a tip! It helps me to continue producing episodes and sharing conversations with cool people, and I really appreciate it. You can also help out by leaving a review on iTunes! It means the world to me :) ⭑ CONNECT WITH ME ⭑ Website | www.theblissbean.com YouTube | The Bliss Bean Instagram | @theblissbean ⭑ OTHER ⭑ Music from Epidemic Sound. Try a 30-day free trial of music for your content: http://share.epidemicsound.com/theblissbean